Burglar Released For Work Program Arrested In Assault

October 19, 1988|By KEVIN DAVIS, Staff Writer

FORT LAUDERDALE -- A convicted burglar who was to begin his first day of a state community release program instead went to the beach, kidnapped a man and was arrested after a short manhunt, police said on Tuesday.

``It didn`t take much time to show how rehabilitated he was,`` said Lt. Don SanSouci of the Hollywood Community Correctional Center, where the man had been staying before his release.

Dwyane Bubba Scott, 23, was captured on Monday night after two police officers saw a car screech to a halt in the 1000 block of Northwest 27th Avenue and two men jump out, police spokesman Ott Cefkin said.

The first man was the driver, Ronald Pia, 28, of Coral Springs, who was threatened by Scott and told to drive to Palm Beach, police said. Scott ran from police who repeatedly warned him to halt, Cefkin said.

Several officers arrived to aid in the search and found Scott hiding in a carport of a home nearby, Cefkin said.

Scott had been released from the correctional center on Monday morning to participate in a program in which he worked an outside job and return home each night, police said.

Scott had been sentenced on Aug. 3 to one year in prison and 50 hours of community service after violating the terms of a two-year probation, Cefkin said.

Scott has a history of arrests for violent crimes, including kidnapping and aggravated assault, Cefkin said.

Pia told police that he had stopped his car in the 200 block of South State Road A1A shortly before 11 p.m. on Monday when a man, identified by police as Scott, got into his car and demanded to be driven to Palm Beach, Cefkin said.

As Pia drove through northwest Fort Lauderdale on Northwest 27th Avenue, he decided to slam on his brakes and skid to a stop, catching the attention of police.

Scott was charged with kidnapping and aggravated assault and was being held without bail at the Broward County Jail.